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Papers of M H F Wilkins: Wilkins laboratory notebook relating to DNA research

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Maurice Wilkins’ laboratory research notebook containing notes on experiments and methodologies, diagrams, statistical tables, graphs, chemical structures and equations relating to DNA research, including: initial tests on DNA obtained by Erwin Chargaff from balantidium coli (B Coli) and wheat germ; plots of Bessel Functions, including statistics and a ‘Bessel waves’ diagram; diagram and sketch for the design of Wilkins’ new slot plate camera; notes on experiments conducted in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and Naples, Italy; notes on a interference microscope study of pollen grains, 1952, with sketches of microscope images; DNA weighing experiments testing the Watson and Crick DNA model. Also notes on the history of the discovery of the structure of DNA written by Wilkins 1975-1997.  Original volume title ‘DNA Wilkins 1951. Early x-rays 51-52’.

Papers of M H F Wilkins: Wilkins’ laboratory notebook relating to DNA research

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Papers of M H F Wilkins: Wilkins’ laboratory notebook relating to DNA research

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